Watch the latest fifteen-minute segment where the AMON AMARTH collective recall their earliest metal memories as well as the band’s primitive beginnings via their microsite at http://deceiver.amonamarth.com.

Von dem Moment an, in dem der eröffnende Titeltrack mit seiner brutalen Thrash-Aggression startet, bis hin zu den klagenden Passagen des epischen Schlussstückes “Warriors Of The North” wird nicht eine Sekunde mit musikalischer Leere verschwendet. Die Band bombardiert den Hörer mit zehn Songs voll zwingendem und elektrisierendem Metal-Wahnsinn. Egal ob dem Hörer mit der heftigen Attacke namens “Blood Eagle” das Gesicht weggerissen bzw. die Wirbel gesprengt werden oder ob der Hörer vom packenden Groove von “We Shall Destroy” und “Father Of The Wolf” mitgerissen wird, Amon Amarth feuern stets aus allen Rohren, ohne dabei ihre fesselnde Melodiearbeit zu vernachlässigen. Wie man an den schon erwähnten Thrash-Elementen oder den old-schooligen Metal- und Doom-Akzenten in “Hel” erkennen kann, haben sich die Musiker diesmal nicht gescheut, alle ihre Einflüsse auch zu verarbeiten. Gitarrist Olavi Mikkonen bestätigt dies: “We decided fairly early that we should go all-in on the songwriting for this album. If we had ideas or riffs that were perhaps a little too thrash oriented or traditional-metal sounding for AMON – or that were maybe too AMON or perhaps similar to what we had done in the past – we would still keep them as long as we really liked them. A few years back we would pass on those ideas and riffs, while now we feel it was right to just go with it. I think the result is that the songs are wider, they have stronger melodies, they are better composed with lots of dynamics in them, and there are no fillers or blanks on there. Everything is as good as it can possibly be, and reflects just how driven we were to make this a great record.”